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Some Kool-Aid and Country Time drink mixes recalled due to glass and metal in powder

The contaminants may have been accidentally mixed into the product during the manufacturing process, Kraft Heinz says. No illnesses have been reported.

What the history of student vaccination mandates means for school COVID vaccine rules

School vaccine mandates go back 200 years. They’ve defeated many legal challenges. Will they work for COVID?

Adoptees say it’s been hard to express their feelings about race during social unrest

In recent years, conversations around race and social justice have come to the fore. Trans-racial and trans-national adoptees share how it can be hard to express their thoughts about these issues.

Biden picks a rickety New Hampshire bridge as a scene to sell his infrastructure bill

The president made a first stop in New Hampshire to promote the $1 trillion infrastructure law. Members of his cabinet will crisscross the nation in the coming days to boost the new law.

Ghislaine Maxwell jury selection begins for her trial on sex-trafficking charges

One of the most intriguing elements of the trial is the role to be played by what prosecutors say is Maxwell’s book of contacts.

Jury in Rittenhouse trial begins deliberations

The jury in the Kyle Rittenhouse trial began deliberating Tuesday. They’ll have to decide if he was defending himself when he shot three people or caused needless deaths by acting as a vigilante.

Florida’s health care providers are caught between federal and state vaccine rules

Hospitals in Florida are in a tight spot. They will soon have to choose between obeying a federal rule requiring healthcare workers to be vaccinated or a state law banning vaccine mandates.

Thousands of borrowers’ student debt is erased with loan forgiveness program overhaul

A month after the U.S. Department of Education announced it would overhaul the troubled Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, thousands have begun to see their student loan balances disappear.

Rep. Abigail Spanberger talks about the future of Build Back Better

NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Rep. Abigail Spanberger, D-Va., about Biden’s policy agenda and the future of the social spending package, Build Back Better.

6-year-old reunited with beloved teddy bear, 1 year later

A little girl lost her beloved teddy bear in Glacier National Park in 2020. With the help of a family friend and a bear-loving park ranger, the two reunited one year later.

As migrants travel to the U.S., the U.S. tries to stop them south of the border

NPR’s Ailsa Chang speaks with journalists Maria Hinojosa and Julieta Martinelli about their reporting in Mexico and Colombia on the policies designed to stop migrants from reaching the U.S border.

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